I am currently doing a degree. In my 30's. Its fantastic! There are obviously stressful parts, the essays, which are mostly 4000 words with a subject title that is not of your choosing, and one of my lecturers is, I am not afraid to say, a complete power-crazed twat!....his lectures aways fill me with dread, as he is not consistant with his teaching (and some would say his mental health needs questioning!) and on some occations he is your bestest friends 'come to me with anything' and sometimes he is very much 'stupid student....go away'. I have to say that unlike other people who keep their heads down about this issue, I, unsuprisingly to some, meet him head on! Its not that either of his 'little ways' is wrong, most lecturers pick one way or another.....its just him! He is a horrible little man.....and I find myself turning into a teenager when ever I am round him, wanting an argument and being a bit 'Vicky Pollard' around him. ...which probably says more about me than it does about him!
I also have to fit in life around it. My daughter has to have some form of childcare, I rarely see my friends and evenings in term time are not so much eastenders and ER as they are 'the criminal justice system' and 'the oxford handbook of criminology' (which actually is very good!)
All these moans aside, I cant go on enough about how much I love it. Money is thrown at you in vast bundles to go back to 'school'. I have made new friends, mostly much younger than me that can drink....my god they can drink! and that see things in a different way than me, they are mostly much more intelligent than me too, so they are always asking me for handcream and tissues and advice (apparently if your over 30 you know more and always have these things about your person!) I go to them with stuff that I just dont get about cultural criminology (yawn!) and it all seems to balence out.
I also am really enjoying learning again. Which really shocked me. My brain physically hurts (yes I know it cant really) at the start of each term for a week or so, but once started it soaks up knowledge in a way thats quite scarey!
Term starts again in two weeks until the middle of may. I cant wait! So to all those who are thinking about going back....do it, mature students rock! and it is my oppinion that one day we will take over the world!
lybx
I also have to fit in life around it. My daughter has to have some form of childcare, I rarely see my friends and evenings in term time are not so much eastenders and ER as they are 'the criminal justice system' and 'the oxford handbook of criminology' (which actually is very good!)
All these moans aside, I cant go on enough about how much I love it. Money is thrown at you in vast bundles to go back to 'school'. I have made new friends, mostly much younger than me that can drink....my god they can drink! and that see things in a different way than me, they are mostly much more intelligent than me too, so they are always asking me for handcream and tissues and advice (apparently if your over 30 you know more and always have these things about your person!) I go to them with stuff that I just dont get about cultural criminology (yawn!) and it all seems to balence out.
I also am really enjoying learning again. Which really shocked me. My brain physically hurts (yes I know it cant really) at the start of each term for a week or so, but once started it soaks up knowledge in a way thats quite scarey!
Term starts again in two weeks until the middle of may. I cant wait! So to all those who are thinking about going back....do it, mature students rock! and it is my oppinion that one day we will take over the world!
lybx
posted by lyb | 2:17 AM
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Amen to that!
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